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Pirates Prospects Daily: Learning Opportunities In Rough Outing For Bubba Chandler

Two things immediately stuck out to me when watching Bubba Chandler pitch on Friday night, his second time on the mound this season.

He found him self in a lot of three ball counts, which is never good and a big part as to why he finished with 3.2 innings pitched and only 35 strikes among his 66 pitches.

He did make good use of those non-pitcher friendly counts, and seemed a lot more willing to throw his secondary offerings — as opposed to just relying on his fastball, which is among the best in the system.